κοσκινεύω
τὰ σῦκα σῦκα, τὴν σκάφην δὲ σκάφην ὀνομάζειν → call a spade a spade | speak the truth | speak straight from the shoulder | give it straight from the shoulder | give the straight goods | not to mince matters | not to mince words | not mince words | call things by their right names | call a spade a spade and a shovel a shovel | call a shovel a shovel | call a spade a spade, not a big spoon
English (LSJ)
A sift, in Pass., Democr.164, PHib.1.98.19 (iii B. C.), etc.; κοσκίνῳ -ευέσθω Gp.3.7.1.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
κοσκῐνεύω: κοσκινίζω, Δημόκρ. παρὰ τῷ Σέξτ. Ἐμπ. π. Μ. 7. 117, Πλούτ. 2. 902D· κ. κοσκίνῳ Γεωπ. 3. 7, 1.
French (Bailly abrégé)
passer au crible, tamiser.
Étymologie: κόσκινον.
Greek Monolingual
κοσκινεύω (ΑM) κόσκινον
κοσκινίζω.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
κοσκῐνεύω: просеивать сквозь сито, провеивать Plut., Democr. ap. Sext.
Dutch (Woordenboekgrieks.nl)
κοσκινεύω [κόσκινον] zeven, ziften.
